Walking in Europe
A blog of Angus and Alison's walking tour of the Tour de Mont Blanc, Via degli Dei the Dobratsch Circuit in Carinthia, Austria, the Dolomites, Venice, and Iceland

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- Trail’s End
- Along Iceland’s South Coast
- The Beauty of Iceland
- Four Days in Venice
- Tre Cime di Lavaredo
- Lago di Braises and Cinque Torri
- A night out at 9500 feet
- Val Gardena and the Secëda Ridge
- Into the Südtirol; the beautiful Dolomites
- Grateful in Graz ❤️
- We ❤️ Salzburg
- Nötsch – Arnoldstein – Warmbad; a wrap on the Dobratsch
- To Villach, Austria and the Dobratsch Rundwanderweg
- Trieste, Italy
- Last Day in Florence
- Falling for Florence
- Trails end at Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze (Florence).
- Heart of Tuscany: Castello del Trebbio, olive groves, Monte Senario
- Cross of Monte Gazzaro – Sant’ Agata – San Piero A Sieve
- Beech forests and Roman roads
- Madonna dei Fornelli
- Sasso Marconi – Brento – Moduno: into the Apennines.
- Bologna to Sasso Marconi; first leg of the Via degli Dei
- Buongiorno from Bologna!
- Tre le Champ-La Flagere-Brevent and a TMB wrap
- Col de la Forclaz to Col de Balme: Switzerland into France
- Two days in the steep Swiss woods: La Fouly to Col de la Forclaz
- Courmayeur to La Fouly: Italy to Switzerland
- Elisabetta-Courmayeur-Bonatti
- From France to Italy over the Col de la Seigne
- Feet over the Cols
- Lunch in Les Contamines-Montjoie
- Chamonix campsite
- Now in Chamonix, France
- Leaving in the morning!
- A packing dry run
- Hello everyone!
- The book “The Path of Peace” by Sir Anthony Seldon launches November 1st, 2022
- Great article in the Oct. 9th, 2022 Sunday Telegraph By Sally Howard
- Back in Nelson BC!
Category: Western Front Way posts
Blog posts from the Western Front Way
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New photos added to galleries also! September 10…Well… now that I have wifi again (and hope to get a French SIM card organized tomorrow!), I can update readers on the progress! I’m writing this at about 11pm after the first day of the WFW route with fellow riders. To get to the “trailhead” at Pfetterhouse,…
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Yesterday a first day riding to meet the WFW riders by Saturday. The weather cleared and a fabulous ride along bike paths out of Zurich (thank you Mapquest!) and along the Rhine cycle path (part of the amazing Euro Velo system) and then NW along highway 3 toward Basel. Only one significant pass to climb…
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Arrived in Zurich yesterday, located the used bike and its very friendly and accommodating seller I met on facebook marketplace and have enjoyed today adding a few additional components and purchasing a few camping supplies (tent pegs and stove fuel not permitted on the plane). Zurich is a beautiful city, and made for cycling. The…